http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/books/review/book-review-among-the-truthers-by-jonathan-kay.html?ref=sept112001it is very fair to say that the united states is like the roman empire in allot of different ways. people have seen this for centuries the similarity between us and the romans. Our democracy the way we run our government, was taken from the Romans. They would have thier president who was voted for every so many years, and so do we, every four years we pick our new president our new ruler. Both of us (Romans and the U.S.A.) have different branches in our government and also have diffrent beliefs within our government which makes it so diffrent. in no other government is there such a fight between thoughts and votes and presidency. why? becuase no other government has more then one ruler! Most of the time at least. we are allowed to vote in what we believe in that was a brand new thing to the romans. usually it was the ruler who made all the decisions. but now "wait we can decide what happens? YIPPEE!" its the same for the U.S. also.
Heres a similarity. on the top of this news paper http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=AL_OAN&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1, there is an article named "Council Approves sewer, trash rate increases". it talks about how the council is voting on sewer waste and trash. now there are two things in there that relate to the romans. the first thing is that, they both have sewer systems. imagine that? the second is that we both had councils that were used by the public. we have the public council, and they had the Council to the plebes which gave poor romans the chance to have a say in roman government which is the same thing the the public council does.
another thing that is always a fight in the united states is the Liberals vs. Conservatives. The roman government had thier own difference's and fights. the Patriarcs Vs. the Plebians. "The distinction between patricians and Plebeians in Ancient Rome was based purely on birth. Although modern writers often portray patricians as rich and powerful families who managed to secure power over the less-fortunate plebeian families, most historians argue that this is an over-simplification. As civil rights for plebeians increased during the middle and late Roman Republic, many plebeian families had attained wealth and power while some traditionally patrician families had fallen into poverty and obscurity." most patriarcs were judges or priests. and the plebians were lower farmers.
I beleive that america might fall just as the romans did. And in the same way also. the Romans stopped being rome. they stopped picking presidents and started choosing emporers. And the United states is starting to stop being the united states. we went from the people having tons of say and power and choice in our government. And now the government is taking over everything. just look at "Obamacare". they choose weather to help people or not. the government is getting to much power. And i dont think its right. my advice to who ever doesnt know what im talking about. read "animal farm" I guess "African americans", and hobo's, and homosexuals, and everyone that has a stereotype. are "MORE EQUAL" then all the rest of us. so they deserve more things and more help. and the government is the ones choosing weather or not to do this, rather then the people. you know those things called tax's? how much of the things on there did you have a say in weather to pay for or not?
I think you start to make some interesting comparisons with regard to Patricians vs. Plebians -- I think the example of the Gracchi would have supported that point in the direction you were taking it. Your final paragraph is a bit over-the-top, however; Animal Farm was fundamentally a book about the dangers of uncontrollable power and undefinable authority, and I dare say that your examples of "stereotypes" neither demonstrate what that book is about nor do they help bolster your argument with regards to Rome.
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